Re: ext3 on root partition question
Jerry McBride babbled on about: > > I've had the experience where a root system running ext3 was so clobbered > that it had to be accessed via a boot floppy. The only rescue floppy I had > on hand did not have an fsck thas was able to recover the ext3 system... > > Bingo... a big problem, yes? After upgrading the utils on the floppy, I was > able to fsck.ext3 the partition in question and all data was recoverable. > > That was my point, sorry I wasn't clear enough in the begining. ah! ok. I see what you mean. I *thought* you menat the rescue floppy kernel didn't know ext3... I follow you now -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://linux.nf /* * For moronic filesystems that do not allow holes in file. * We may have to extend the file. */ 2.4.0-test2 /usr/src/linux/fs/buffer.c ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: ext3 on root partition question
> I still dont follow you Jerry. Embarassing how? It will work. I do it all the > time. I have an ext2 boot flopy and regularly use it to boot an ext3 system. I've had the experience where a root system running ext3 was so clobbered that it had to be accessed via a boot floppy. The only rescue floppy I had on hand did not have an fsck thas was able to recover the ext3 system... Bingo... a big problem, yes? After upgrading the utils on the floppy, I was able to fsck.ext3 the partition in question and all data was recoverable. That was my point, sorry I wasn't clear enough in the begining. ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: ext3 on root partition question
Jerry McBride babbled on about: > That's correct. But my original post was to the effect of making people > aware of a real bad gotcha is your RESCUE floppy wasn' ext3 aware. It can > be very embarassing. :') ___ I still dont follow you Jerry. Embarassing how? It will work. I do it all the time. I have an ext2 boot flopy and regularly use it to boot an ext3 system. where's the issue? -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://linux.nf I don't pirate MS software. It wouldn't be worth the price.. ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: ext3 on root partition question
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:34:15 -0500 Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry McBride babbled on about: > > I wasn't able to fsck and ext3 partition with old ext2 utils... Quite > > embarassing. > > if you're running ext3 you need a recent e2fsprogs and util-linux anyway. I > kinda thought that this was a given. > That's correct. But my original post was to the effect of making people aware of a real bad gotcha is your RESCUE floppy wasn' ext3 aware. It can be very embarassing. :') ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: ext3 on root partition question
Susan Macchia babbled on about: > The output from mount is: > > /home/susan/Compaq/backup >mount > /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) > proc on /proc type proc (rw) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) > /dev/hdb5 on /usr type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hdb1 on /usr/src type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hdb6 on /opt type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hdb7 on /home type ext3 (rw) > shmfs on /dev/shm type shm (rw) > usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) > > > So it looks like its ext3. But why would fsck be run on bootup? well, are you *sure* it was fsck and not a journal replay? on the other hand, you could have gotten a fsck because it reached maximum mount count, or maximum mount time.. -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://linux.nf How do you know when you're out of invisible ink? ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: ext3 on root partition question
The output from mount is: /home/susan/Compaq/backup >mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/hdb5 on /usr type ext3 (rw) /dev/hdb1 on /usr/src type ext3 (rw) /dev/hdb6 on /opt type ext3 (rw) /dev/hdb7 on /home type ext3 (rw) shmfs on /dev/shm type shm (rw) usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) So it looks like its ext3. But why would fsck be run on bootup? Douglass Hunley wrote: > Susan Macchia babbled on about: > > Once the system was booted, when I do a 'ps | grep jour' I see only 4 > > entries and would expect 5 for my 5 partitions: > > > So it should be ext3, right? Can anyone help unravel the mystery? > > what does 'mount' say that root is mounted as? > -- > Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 > Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://linux.nf = _ Susan Macchia mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ - Running Linux - because life is too short for reboots... __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: ext3 on root partition question
Susan Macchia babbled on about: > Once the system was booted, when I do a 'ps | grep jour' I see only 4 > entries and would expect 5 for my 5 partitions: > So it should be ext3, right? Can anyone help unravel the mystery? what does 'mount' say that root is mounted as? -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://linux.nf /* Fsck me gently with a chainsaw... */ 2.0.38 /usr/src/linux/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace.c ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
ext3 on root partition question
Hi all, I have converted my all my filesystems to ext3. I am running SuSE 7.3. But I am concerned that my root partition did not get converted. Last night I had a power outage and on reboot, fschk was run on my root partition. The boot screen showed the following message: /dev/hda2 not cleanly unmounted, check forced Now all the other partitions looked like they were using the journal files because for each partition, I saw a message stating (something to the effect) that the journal file was being checked. Once the system was booted, when I do a 'ps | grep jour' I see only 4 entries and would expect 5 for my 5 partitions: root50 1 0 06:44 ?00:00:00 [kjournald] root51 1 0 06:44 ?00:00:00 [kjournald] root52 1 0 06:44 ?00:00:00 [kjournald] root53 1 0 06:44 ?00:00:00 [kjournald] Below is my fstab: /dev/hda2 / ext3defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb5 /usrext3defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb1 /usr/srcext3defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb6 /optext3defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb7 /home ext3defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb2 swapswappri=42 0 0 /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder autoro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/cdrom /media/cdromautoro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/fd0/media/floppy autonoauto,user,sync 0 0 devpts /dev/ptsdevpts defaults 0 0 proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 usbdevfs/proc/bus/usb usbdevfsdefaults,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 has a test version of SuSE7.3 which I can boot into. I used this to convert /dev/hda2 (my production root partion). I am running with the stock SuSE 7.3 kernel and haven't yet applied any security updates. When I try and rerun tunejfs on /dev/hda2 I get the following message: tune2fs 1.24a (02-Sep-2001) The filesystem already has a journal. So it should be ext3, right? Can anyone help unravel the mystery? TIA! = _ Susan Macchia mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ - Running Linux - because life is too short for reboots... __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
